From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81A11381F3 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:35:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FA15E0932; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f178.google.com (mail-ve0-f178.google.com [209.85.128.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31D90E08D1 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f178.google.com with SMTP id pb11so10382738veb.9 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:35:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=OTEP6OCknFWdnFpxRFfyb/U7WAoZMIMgTnox3UcuRtI=; b=lZA+tEgT8c3iHzzQp78jWipLLx25IC6zhA4pdYH5LCinvJbJrX0WQlyTndUghF701D OYavODTgWgszL0GSJDfKQ9jzgpq6Io/HuZYRKZVJGCgHBoILddZcni8wsjHE2g0nedr0 ms2UysL1lLacxhIeVy9Q6qHpvc0IIyd7X+QbF6OALM/z8a7nOd+S6HZfc/5jNHW2i0Nr M0h4Ac3HN/kl1E4IXpBO6yYGGPBEQVzFqem/mx6dHgg86enb39/lBLB/pYomntgMJTQz qWJcON0CHP/HRXYkM5ulrz4M5psgJpJCFlo1rr3BJOVu7OsXTX/7ptIT7CsLZpJwnVYh rwAA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.221.21.74 with SMTP id qr10mr14167038vcb.25.1372174551173; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.180.98 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:35:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1372172964.1496.YahooMailNeo@web120804.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1372164171.99503.YahooMailNeo@web120802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1372172964.1496.YahooMailNeo@web120804.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:35:51 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Hp0tXr58H3GfxlUi91NTA2ncZeY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Hangouts From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: e702bb37-4a6d-4585-8f72-31788d59d1b8 X-Archives-Hash: e2c3e1c4a194b8a1daa8aea5f4bce8a4 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Egg Plant wrote: > The resourcefull developers/users can meet each other at Gentoo Miniconf and > similar other gatherings in real world. That will make us more human. I don't think this is really sufficient. As far as I can tell most people attend such things based on how far they happen to live from such an event, or whether they have an employer who is willing to pay for such attendance. It has little to do with resources, unless you're talking about so much discretionary money that you're literally willing to spend $1-2k on travel. I certainly am not aware of any conference that Gentoo has had a substantial presence at within a few hundred miles of where I live. I think anything that helps increase interaction among devs is a good thing. Teams are welcome to organize their meetings in whatever format works best for them. Gentoo developers are not required to use IRC at all. Everybody has their favorite medium - some prefer email, some forums, some IRC, some hangouts/etc, and so on. Some prefer meeting on weekdays vs weekends, morning vs evening, etc. There are going to be people inconvenienced or left out no matter what we do. Sure, some will not be able to participate in Hangouts who could participate in IRC, but the reverse is true as well. Rich